How To Install libtfbs-perl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtfbs-perl on Kali Linux. libtfbs-perl is scanning DNA sequence with a position weight matrix

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtfbs-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libtfbs-perl

libtfbs-perl is:

The TFBS perl modules comprise a set of routines to interact with the Transfac and Jaspar databases that describe a special family of proteins, the transcription factors. These bind to genomic DNA to initiate (or prevent) the readout of a gene. Once multiple binding sites are known for a transcription factor, these are gathered in a single file and are aligned in order to find position-specific characteristica that might be used to predict such binding events in novel DNA sequences.

If you use TFBS in your work, please cite “Lenhard B., Wasserman W.W. (2002) TFBS: Computational framework for transcription factor binding site analysis. Bioinformatics 18:1135-1136”.

Note: the TFBS perl module is no longer under active development. All the functionality can be found in the TFBSTools Bioconductor package; users are highly encouraged to switch. http://bioconductor.org/packages/TFBSTools/

There are three methods to install libtfbs-perl on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libtfbs-perl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtfbs-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtfbs-perl

Install libtfbs-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtfbs-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtfbs-perl

Install libtfbs-perl Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libtfbs-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtfbs-perl

How To Uninstall libtfbs-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libtfbs-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtfbs-perl

Uninstall libtfbs-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtfbs-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtfbs-perl

Remove libtfbs-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libtfbs-perl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtfbs-perl

Remove libtfbs-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtfbs-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtfbs-perl

Dependencies

libtfbs-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtfbs-perl package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.